To understand the vision that guides Eureka Recycling, look no further than the very building the organization uses for materials processing.
In recent years, efforts out of Oregon have helped set the national pace on topics such as sustainable materials management and recycling metrics. Now, the state is beginning to do the same when it comes to food waste – or, more precisely, wasted food.
An industry-backed pilot project is taking the next step to develop artificial intelligence on single-stream sort lines.
The news that China is aiming to roll out an outright ban on some grades of recovered material jolted the U.S. recycling industry last month.
The CEO of Nestle Waters says when it comes to long-term economics, relying on recycled content is a strong bet.
This story originally appeared in the November 2016 issue of Resource Recycling.
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A unique project aimed at modernizing the way consumers relate to recycling was named the winner of the inaugural Recycling Innovators Forum, held in conjunction with this week’s Resource Recycling Conference in Louisville, Kentucky.
The recycling chief at Waste Management recently reflected on the company’s ongoing efforts to clean up the material stream. The takeaway: It’s a long slog.